Nieman Journalism Lab ONA members can now request legal assistance through the Online Media Legal Network.
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If you’re building a digital journalism business, have tackled issues of copyright on your website, written up freelance contracts, or faced a libel suit, you know how important — and costly — expert legal counsel can be. ...
Nieman Journalism Lab In the now-standard redesign post, USA Today says its new home page will load 25-35% faster.
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Welcome to a preview of our new home page. Since our last major redesign in 2007, we've continued to make refinements to our site, but now it's time to make more major changes to keep delivering the best user experience on the Web.
Nieman Journalism Lab 1 million followers doesn't equal 1 million readers. @anildash challenges Twitter follower numbers.
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Last week, I wrote a bit about what it's like to be on Twitter's suggested user list. The response to that post has been really gratifying, and I wanted to share a bit of what I've learned, as well some of the more interesting responses.
Nieman Journalism Lab New watchdog nonprofit California Watch joins the "dot-org boom." Here's a look at how it works.
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Ten years ago, says Mark Katches, editorial director of California Watch, there were 85 reporters covering the California state house; today there are
Nieman Journalism Lab Get your environmental reporting spread far and wide with the Grantham Prize. The $75k prize is nice, too.
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Book entries must be postmarked by January 11, 2010. All other entries must be postmarked by February 1, 2010. In all cases, 7 copies of each entry must be submitted.
Nieman Journalism Lab Click through, meet "view through." Interesting look at the hard-to-track aspects of online advertising
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Yesterday, Fred Wilson posted some extremely interesting observations that relate to the problem of using clicks on referral links to measure attribution and assign credit to affiliates for referrals.
Nieman Journalism Lab Did you write a great investigative piece in '09? Apply for the $20k Worth Bingham Prize by this Friday.
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Staff writers Jim Schaefer and M.L. Elrick and their colleagues at the Detroit Free Press are winners of the 2008 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism for their comprehensive series “A ...
Nieman Journalism Lab To broadcast in both HD and 3D, ESPN will need two production crews and two sets of announcers.
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ESPN is going 3D. The venerable sports network will launch ESPN 3D on June 11 with a World Cup soccer match, creating what it says will be the first all three-dimensional television network to the home.
Nieman Journalism Lab Good morning! Business blogs get 12x more subscribers through email than RSS, says @hubspot.
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Are you struggling to build an RSS subscription base for your business blog Here's some low-hanging fruit that will help you blog subscriptions via
Nieman Journalism Lab For 364 days in '09, Google.com was the most popular page in the U.S. Facebook.com claimed No. 1 on 12/25.
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The main Google page has been ranked the most visited site on a daily basis for U.S. Internet users. That statement has held true for 364 days of 2009. Google's dominance of
Nieman Journalism Lab An Illinois newspaper had a three-day "cooling off" period for website comments.
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Reader comments on Pantagraph.com often are informative, sparking serious dialogue on an issue of local or national interest. At other
Nieman Journalism Lab Nonprofits aren't just for newspapers. Local broadcasters can benefit as well, says @jimbarnett26
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The AP's Andrew Vanacore had an easily digestible story over the holidays about the problems about to befall nation's local TV stations -- and how they could
Nieman Journalism Lab Behold the newspaper tablet, circa 1994. http://j.mp/6xlGz4 (Don't lose that stylus!)
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Nieman Journalism Lab Personal computers and microwaves offer a cautionary tale for news orgs: don't forsake imagination.
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The legacy press — or the traditional media, or whatever we're calling newspapers these days — has one main challenge for 2010, and it's not finding a new
Nieman Journalism Lab In-person is lucrative: For the first time since '02, movie theater receipts beat home viewing revenue.
Viral Video: 10 Most-Viewed Movie Trailers Online, Including “Mega Shark”–But Is Trouble Ahead for H
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BoomTown has been struck by the $1 billion-plus haul that tech-heavy "Avatar" has brought in over the holidays. Does that mean movies in theaters are holding their own against online incursions? It would seem so, according to box office reports for the year. ...
